Archive for January, 2012
Featured Article: Get Ready for Windows 7
CTS is preparing to upgrade campus-owned PCs to the Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system over the next year and a half. All new computers delivered to faculty and staff this spring semester will have Windows 7 pre-installed. One Advanced Technology Classroom in Lanigan 105 will have Windows 7 installed later in the semester so we [...]
Campus-owned Computers Will Be Receiving Regular Operating System and Software Updates
To remain current with operating system, security, and other software releases, CTS will be updating college-owned computers, servers and services throughout each semester.For college-owned computers assigned to faculty and staff, these updates will occur weekly on Wednesdays. On these “Patch Wednesdays,” CTS staff will remotely push, via the campus network, operating system and/or security patches [...]
LakerApps’ New Look Now Permanent
Over the course of the Fall semester newsletters, we have been letting users know that Google has been working on changing the interfaces of their Gmail, Calendar, Docs and Sites apps. Google allowed users to preview the interface and then switch back to the “classic” look for a temporary time frame. Google has now made [...]
Web Conferencing Options
Have you ever wished you could bring a remote speaker to your class? Ever wanted to conduct an online meeting with people from afar? Teach a class online with a synchronous component? If so, there are a couple of options available to you. CTS has been working on making two different web-conferencing services available. They [...]
Did You Know?
Did you know you can use LakerApps Gmail when clicking an email address on a web page viewed with the Firefox browser? Did you know you can send email to your entire class when in myOswego? There is just one small configuration change needed in Firefox to make it all happen. From the Firefox Tools [...]
Notes From the Help Desk
The Technology Support Center will have additional staff available from 10am to 7pm on Jan 23 & 24 to assist students in getting connected to the residential network or the wireless network. Please call the TSC at 315.312.3456 or visit us in 26 Lanigan to take advantage of the extra staffing. For our regular Spring [...]
Using Textbook Resources in ANGEL
Recently, the SUNY Learning Network (SLN) negotiated a contract with McGraw-Hill (MH) to allow all SUNY campuses access to the MH Campus “nugget” within ANGEL. When enabled, this nugget allows you to use MH textbook resources such as PowerPoint presentations, quizzes, sample chapters, etc. in your course. In addition to utilizing textbook resources, you can [...]
Classroom Technology Upgrades
Several projects were undertaken by CTS in our continuing efforts to make presentation technology widely available on campus as well as to upgrade existing classroom technologies. Mahar 307 was upgraded to a full Advanced Technology Classroom (ATC) and Anthropology will share that classroom with other departments in Mahar. In Lanigan, new hi-definition projectors and a digital [...]